von Bryan Adams

-- Verse

D I got my first real six-string

A Bought it at the five-and-dime

D Played it 'til my fingers bled

A It was the summer of '69

-- Verse

Me and some guys from school

Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit, Jody got married

I shoulda known we'd never get far

-- Chorus
            
                B-
                 
                - Oh, when I 
                
                A
                 
                look back now
                
                D]
                 
                - That summer seemed to 
                
                G
                 
                last forever
                
                B-
                 
                - And if I 
                
                A
                 
                had the choice
                
                D
                 
                - Yeah, I'd always 
                
                G
                 
                wanna be there
                
                B-
                 
                Those were the 
                
                A
                 
                best days of my 
                
                D
                 
                life

-- Bridge

D A (Riff)

-- Verse

Ain't no use in complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenin's down at the drive in

And that's when I met you, yeah

-- Chorus
            
                Standin' on your mama's porch
                
                You told me that you'd wait forever
                
                Oh, and when you held my hand
                
                I knew that it was now or never
                
                Those were the best days of my life
                
                D A
                 
                (Riff) Oh yeah  Back in the summer of 
                
                D
                 
                '69 
                
                A
                 
                Ohhh

-- Bridge

F - Man, we were Bb killin' time

We were C young and restless

We Bb needed to unwind

F - I guess Bb nothin' can last C forever, forever no

-- Bridge

(Riff x2)

-- Verse

And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

I think about you, wonder what went wrong

-- Chorus
            
                Standin' on your mama's porch
                
                You told me that it'd last forever
                
                Oh, and when you held my hand
                
                I knew that it was now or never
                
                Those were the best days of my life
                
                Oh yeah, Back in the summer of '69
                
                It was the summer of '69.
                
                Me and my baby in '69.
                
                It was the summer, summer, summer of '69